science final 9th grade
Terms
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- deposition
- the process of dropping of sediments
- amount of light earth receives from a star
- apparent magnitude
- object moving towards
- blue shift
- amount of light actually given off
- absoulute magnitude
- a mixture of weathered rock and organic matter
- soil
- rock spikes from ceiling
- stalactites
- molten rock from a volcano flowing on earths surface
- lava
- a plate moves over a hot area in the earth and when the plate moves it makes islands
- hot spots
- fossils from species that existed on earth for short peiods of time but were geographicly wide spread
- index fossils
- a small object moving thru space before it enters our atmosphere
- meteoroid
- once the METEOR hits the ground it becomes a..
- meteorite
- inner core
- liquid
- the process that moves weathered sediments from one location to another
- erosion
- water cycle
-
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
run off
ground water - warm core tropical cyclone.. maximum winds- 74 mph or greater
- hurricane
- layer of permeable rock that transmits water freely
- aquifier
- the area where all of the pores in the rocks are completely filled with water
- zone of saturation
- a well in which pressure causes water to come up to the surface..no pump needed
- artesian well
- vernal equinox
-
spring..
march 20/21 - a list of common minerals and hardness
- moh's hardness scale
- found on hillsides where the water table is exposed to the surface
- spring
- small channel on the side of the slope
- rills
- a measure of the amount of the water in the air
- relative humidity
- amount of water vapor in the air
- humidity
- has 100% relative humidity
- saturated air
- process in which minerals are dissolved in water and carried down a soil profile
- leaching
- cinder cone..
- made of layers of tephra..steep sides, not very tall, violent eruptions
- cloud getting water ready for rain
- condensation
- rain drizzle, etc.
- precipitation
- used to measure relative humidity
- psychrometer
- foliated, non-foliated
- metamorphic
- the temperature at which air is saturated and condensation takes place
- dew point
- the breaking of rocks into smaller fragments
- weathering
- the uppermost surface of the zone of saturation
- water table
- rising of water forming into clouds
- evaporation
- a naturally occuring solid with a definite structure and chemical composition
- mineral
- large grained cooled slowly intrusive
- igneous
- made of layrers of tephra, steep sides..not very tall, violent eruptions
- cinder cone
- winter solstice
- dec 21/22.. south over tropic of capricorn
- small mass of air that whirls rapidly..funnel shaped
- tornado
- shield cone..
- layers of lava, broad flat sides..quiet eruptions
- <-- --> what type of fault is this?
- divergent...think of dividing <-- -->
- rock under outer layer
- mantle
- spinning of earth on its axis period.. 23 hours 56 minutes (1 day)
- RoTaTe
- summer solstice
- june 21/22.. north over tropic of cancer
- crust..
- outer layer of earth
- autumnal equinox
-
fall..
september 22/23 - made of one or more minerals
- rock
- (SHOOTING STAR) as the "meteoroid" passes thru the atmosphere it becomes a ..
- meteor
- shadows on right side of moon
- waning
- earth movement around the sun period.. 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes (1 year)
- ReVoLvE
- rock spikes from floor
- stalagmites
- shadows on left side of moon
- waxing
- made of north america, europe and asia
- laurasia
- loops or sheets of glowing gas ejected from an active region of the solar surface moving under the influence of the sun's magnetic field
- prominences
- two ocean plates push together..this makes volcanoes which make islands
- island arcs
- the fault where the left part points down and the right part points up
- strike slip
- when the entire disk of the sun is covered by the moon
- totality
- "snowy dirt balls" that orbit the sun
- comet
- --> <-- what type of fault is this?
- convergent..think of "come together right now"
- object moving away
- red shift
- antarctica, india, australia, south america
- gondwanaland
- rock that has few or no pore spaces so that water can;t pass thru
- permeable
- coprolite
- animal droppings
- a distance north or south of the equator expressed in degrees
- latitude
- more violent than prominences
- solar flares
- an imaginary line that circles earth halfway between the north and south poles
- equator
- rocks that allow water to pass thru them
- impermeable
- sediments may fill in the mold and take out shape of original object
- cast
- sediments around an object turn to rock
- mold
- made of layers of lava and tephra..steep sides, typically large..violent eruptions
- composite cone
- signs that an organism was there
- trace fossils
- whole or parts of the actual organism remain intact
- original remains
- some or all of the original materials in the remains have been replaced by minerals
- petrified remains
- relatively small rocky objects that revolve around the sun
- asteroid
- an imaginary line running from the north pole to the south pole
- prime meridian
- a distance east or west of the prime meridian expressed in degrees
- longitude
- the 180degree meridian
- international date line
- molten rocke beneath earths suface
- magma
- the energy waves that make the ground awake during an earthquake
- Seismic waves
- igneaous rocks that form beneath earth's surface
- intrusive
- bacteria thought to be one of the earliest life forms
- cyanobacteria
- when the dinosaurs all died off
- extinction of dinosaurs
- mass per unit volume
- density
- rock formed from compaction and cemetation
- sedimentary
- igneous rocks that form when magma extrudes into earths surface and cools as lava
- extrusive
- when metal is exposed to water and oxygen..RUSt
- oxidation
- dark colored organic matter made of pieces of decaying plants and animals
- humus
- cloud of stars or dust
- nebula
- group of chemicals used as refridgerents
- chlorofluorocarbons